They justify putting Neely ahead of Messier by stating that Messier mainly played Center which is not a power forward position....but then they put Lindros at #5 who never played anywhere but Center. I could understand the Messier logic if Lindor were out, but as s, it doesn't make sense.

Got to go with the concensus here. No way is Mess #2, Neeley was an excellent player and the prototype power forward that everyone was measured by. But there are many measuring sticks by which Bam Bam falls short of Mess.

Mess was more than a power forward, he had many facets to his game and the power game was only one facet. In so far as playing a power game, Neely was probably better at that particular facet, but he wasn't as complete a player as Mess. As a complete player, Neely is not in Mess's class, but as a player who can play that grinding, explosive power game, Neely has a slight edge.